The Sound Blaster Zx is part of the ultra high-performance Z-Series of Sound Blaster® PCI-Express sound cards, elevating the standards of technology and performance for the future of gaming and entertainment on the PC.

Clad in brilliant red EMI shielding and featuring glowing LED lighting, the Sound Blaster Zx is the bad boy of the Sound Blaster Z-Series, with an attention-grabbing design that ideally complements any power gaming rig.Features116dB Signal-To-Noise RatioA signal to noise ratio or SNR of 116dB means your audio will be > 99.99% pure audio which is 34.4 times better than motherboard audio.

SBX Pro Studio™ technologiesExperience awe-inspiring audio with the SBX Pro Studio suite of technologies that immerses you in your games and movies with amazing detail and a 360-degree true-to-life sound stage.

Crystal clear communicationIn gaming, if you're not communicating, you're not winning. Experience crystal clear commmunication with your teammates with the CrystalVoice™ suite of technologies that removes echoes, ambient noises and picks up your voice from within a zone (CrystalVoice Focus). It also maintains your voice level even if you move near or further away from the microphone.

Advanced home entertainment audioExperience like never before the power of Sound Blaster audio with your home entertainment today! With Sound Blaster Zx's gold-plated connectors, speaker optimization technology and digital content encoding capability, you can be assured of only the best digital audio possible.

Accessible Audio Control Module (ACM)Take control in style and ease with the ACM that incorporates a built-in microphone array and mic/headphone I/O connections. The knob on the ACM lets you conveniently adjust the headphone levels.

Advanced home entertainment audioExperience like never before the power of Sound Blaster audio with your home entertainment today! With Sound Blaster Z's gold-plated connectors, speaker optimization technology and digital content encoding capability, you can be assured of only the best digital audio possible.

High fidelity surround soundConnect to your home theatre system through a single digital cable and enjoy cinematic DVD movies by transforming any stereo or multi-channel streams into high fidelity immersive surround sound.

Never unplug your headphones againWith the Sound Blaster Z-series Control Panel, just toggle between your headphone and speaker system with a flip of a switch.

Rated 4 out of
5 by
Cs456 from
Excellent cardIt's an excellent card for the budding gamer to buy as an intro to higher quality gaming.
However this is my second card, the first blew out (seemingly without cause) after 5 weeks. Making this card somewhat of a dissapointment.
That being said, the difference in sound from before and after is incredible and very, very noticable.

Date published: 2016-03-31

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Groove200 from
Red BeastAfter years of using onboard sound thought id step up and see what a proper souncard could do in comparison.
Wow....didnt think id notice the difference....how wrong I was.
Really useful being able to plug headphones into the desk extender module and easily switch between speakers and headphones in the software.
And it glows awesome red in my case.....

Date published: 2015-04-02

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bananapainz from
Excellent Sound cardSound quality is outstanding much better than onboard sound although on board sound is becoming even better.
Highly recommend this card.
No negatives as of yet

Date published: 2014-09-05

Rated 5 out of
5 by
ghost12 from
Upgrade form onboard soundDecided to go the dedicated card route and chose the zx from this range for the audio control module. Works flawlessly and the software is very good with a lot of sound customiseable options

Does the optical in support 5.1 or limited to 2.1 like previous sound blaster cards?

Asked by: AlexMarshman

Hello,
This does have support for 5.1 optical but you would need to change some of the settings in your audio profile in the software that comes with the sound card (Sound Studio Pro) in order to enable multi-channel.
Regards,